Mihail Pautov discusses why food quality matters for health. Romania faces rising obesity and diabetes, partly because people chase low-fat foods and count calories while eating more processed products. Low-calorie diets fail most of the time.
Questions this video answers
Romania.
Close to 90%.
Probably what they think is right and what they've been told is right is actually making them sicker and it's a route to disaster.
In Romania, we are facing an epidemic of obesity, diabetes and burnout people. If you look around, people are eating lighter, they go to gym and they count their calories. So what are we missing here?
Well, people are trying to do the thing that they think is right. Probably what they think is right and what they've been told is right is actually making them sicker. Diet is the one thing where there's more misconceptions about eating healthily. People are still eating low fat foods. They are going for artificial sweeteners instead of full sugar foods.
Yes.
The amount of highly processed foods they're eating is going steadily upwards. That's true. And traditional foods are going down and it's a route to disaster. The foods themselves are making people sick. You can have a good health by having reduced calories is complete nonsense. And close to 90% of people fail on low calorie diets and usually worse off when they finish.